Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 233

XANDER

I was furious about what happened earlier. I didn’t even know where Xander had come from or what he was thinking showing up there like that. I’d checked before going back to Olivia’s room, and everything was fine–she and Samuel were outside, playing by the pool. Then, out of nowhere, Xander appeared.

I had finished cooking, but the food wasn’t plated yet. I had been taking care of the final touches, and now I was stuck trying to figure out a way to get Olivia that meal. Damn Ethan. That guy was always too much. Why couldn’t he just mind his own business for once?

I’d run background checks on all of them, Ethan, Nick, and Marcus. They were all prominent businessmen. Ethan was a millionaire, while Nick and Marcus were billionaires practically on the same level of wealth. Olivia certainly knew how to choose them. From what I gathered, none of them worked with Luke. They just hung out with him because he was Olivia’s father.

Still, they’d do well to stay out of my way and stop meddling in things that weren’t their concern.

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My phone rang, and when I saw the caller ID, I groaned. It was my friend. As soon as I answered, his voice came through, urgent and sharp: “Please tell me you didn’t go through with it?”

“I didn’t get the chance,” I said, my tone more irritated than I meant. “But I was about to, until Ethan showed up and stopped me.”

sighed heavily. “I beg you, rethink this. She’s not to blame for any of this. If you want to deal with someone, deal with her father. She was just a child back then, and I’m sure she had no idea what her father was involved in. How can you punish her for his

getting frustrated now, his words grating on me. He was starting to meddle in things that weren’t his business, and I’d had enough. Back then, he’d felt sorry for me,

the past. I was no longer that helpless kid. I was a grown man, a father,

“It’s a shame Luke doesn’t have a son, but a

quiet that I almost thought he hung up. I pulled the phone away from my ear and checked the screen, still connected.

“If you wont think about your son and stop

hell did he mean by that? I could feel my blood pressure rising. “Are you taking their side? You, of all people, the one who knows everything I’ve been through, you’re going to turn your back on me? You’re going to betray me? Are you really

save you from yourself. For Justin’s sake. He deserves better than this. He’s already lost his mother, Do you really want him to lose his father

building, his words lace with guilt. It felt like

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was playing the emotional card, and it

voice low. “And I will

frustration. My thoughts were clouded, but I

avoided it, weighed down by the guilt of how long I’d let it go, never bothering to

was different. Today, I felt the urge to tell him that I had finally found the one who had ruined everything. It was time to confront him. For the first time

up some fresh flowers and made my way to the cemetery. It wasn’t far from the hotel.